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OAS announces winners of the Inter-American Award on innovation in Effective Public Management 2024

  August 28, 2024

The Organization of American States (OAS) announces Winners and Special Recognitions of the XII Edition of the “Inter-American Award on Innovation in Effective Public Management 2024”, which aims to recognize, identify, and promote innovations in public management that are being implemented within the region to contribute to the strengthening of transparency, citizen participation, effectiveness, and inclusion in public institutions.

During this XII Edition, we’ve received 81 Innovative Experiences from 09 OAS Member States: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.

The Final Results are (Consult the Minutes of Final Results)


Category: Open Government
Winner:
• Innovative Experience: Sistema de Gestión Social Integral - SIGESI e-Gov
• Public entity: Gobernación Del Valle Del Cauca, Colombia.

Special Recognition
• Innovative Experience: Aplicación Guest Assist
• Public entity: Secretaría de Turismo del Estado de Quintana Roo, México


Category: Smart Government
Winner:
• Innovative Experience: Menos interrupciones del servicio eléctrico para el ciudadano utilizando herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial
• Public entity: Osinergmin - Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y Minería, Perú


Category: Use of Evidence from the Behavioral Sciences
Winner:
• Experiencias Innovadora: Estrategia Integral de Intervención Temprana para la Prevención de la Violencia y el Delito, “Reconecta con la Paz”
• Entidad: Gobierno de la Ciudad de México - Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana de la Ciudad de México


Category: Promoting a Gender Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights Approach
Special Recognition:

• Innovative Experience: Curso de intérpretes y traductores exclusivo para mujeres indígenas
• Public entity: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú


Category: Social Inclusion
Winner:
• Innovative Experience: Programa Motocarros
• Public entity: Intendencia de Montevideo, Uruguay


The special Jury was composed by:

- Ana Romina Sarmiento, Specialist of the Department of Social Inclusion (DSI/OAS).
- Ana Jimena Vargas Cullell, Specialist of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM/OAS).
- Eva Matos, Managing Director of Ideas42.
- Flavia Galvani, Departmental Lecturer in Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom



Reference: E-058/24